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Plutarch (Paperback, New edition)
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Plutarch (Paperback, New edition)
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Plutarch's "Lives" and "Morals" are among the formative books of
western civilisation, Written around AD 100, in Greece under Roman
rule, they reflect conditions of that time: not only the political
limitations, but - more importantly - the rich inheritance of
post-classical as well as classical Greek thinking. Russell sets
out to explain what it is like to read Plutarch and what one needs
to bear in mind in order to read him with understanding and
appreciation. Plutarch is seen in his historical context, his
language and style, as a scholar of the past, as philosopher and
moralist. The "Lives" are then discussed with specific examples in
more detail - Alcibiades and some of the main generals of the late
Roman republic; in the final chapter Russell examines the reception
of Plutarch down to the time of North's translation and
Shakespeare's reliance on it. Each chapter is generously laced with
quotation (in translation), so that the student and general reader
get a feeling for Plutarch's work.
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